"A
Remembrance of the Past; Building for the Future." ~ Eve
Eckert Koehler

Remembering Our Danube Swabian Ancestors

Village Life

This series takes a walk back in time inside the simple way of life of our Danube Swabian ancestors.
Learn about our ancestors "Village Life" as they knew it: front and back courtyards, gardens, hand tools,
vintage lighting to home
furnishings; and the heart of the home
"the typical Swabian
kitchen." See where your ancestors drew their water from, the well & Schwengelbrunnen. Read about the points of interest of the village like the
village railroad and the Hutweide (Community
Meadow).

My father Josef Georg Schummer and his father Georg Schummer on at street in Batschka Palanka in early 1939. If anyone has any ideas of what street this is I would love to know to complete the picture.
~ Erica Schummer

Miklos/Nicholas and Victoria Toth,
my
great
grandparents
in
Palanka
(seated
left
front).
Nicholas was a shepherd, and according to one of his daughters who came to America, he also was called on to be the local veterinarian. Victoria Toth,
their
daughter,
seated
behind
the
table.
The
other
people
are
unknown.
~
Marlene Metzner Norton‎